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{{Infobox person
| name = Marian Ainslee
| name = Marian Ainslee
| image = Marian Ainslee - Dec 1926 Variety.jpg
| caption = 1926 seasons greetings
| birth_name =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = January 5, 1896
| birth_date = January 5, 1896
| birth_place = Marceline, Missouri, USA
| birth_place = [[Marceline, Missouri]], USA
| death_date = April 2, 1966 (aged 70)
| death_date = April 2, 1966 (aged 70)
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, USA
| death_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], USA
| occupation = Screenwriter
| spouse = Albert Coonley
| spouse = Albert Coonley
}}
}}


'''Marian Ainslee''' (1896 – 1966) was an American screenwriter and researcher<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/314878080/?terms=%22marian+ainslee%22|title=1 Jun 1924, 10 - Tampa Bay Times at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-25}}</ref> active during Hollywood's silent era. She often co-wrote titles in silent films with Ruth Cummings.
'''Marian Ainslee''' (1896 – 1966) was an American [[screenwriter]] and researcher<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/314878080/?terms=%22marian+ainslee%22|title=Research Experts Solve Biggest Film Problems|last=|first=|date=June 1, 1924|website=Tampa Bay Times|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=January 25, 2019}}</ref> active during [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]]'s [[silent film era]]. She often co-wrote [[Intertitle|titles]] for silent films with [[Ruth Cummings]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Reid|first=Panthea|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HbNXM8YBdmMC&dq=%22marian+ainslee%22&pg=PT128|title=Tillie Olsen: One Woman, Many Riddles|date=December 10, 2009|publisher=Rutgers University Press|isbn=978-0-8135-4813-5|language=en}}</ref>


== Biography ==
==Biography==
Marian Ainslee was born in Marceline, Missouri, on January 5, 1896. Her first job out of school was as a newspaper reporter in Jefferson City, Missouri, where she interviewed politicians. Discouraged by salaries she encountered in journalism, she decided to move to Hollywood and give screenwriting a try.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/514613128/?terms=%22albert+coonley%22|title=9 Mar 1930, 11 - The South Bend Tribune at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-25}}</ref>
Marian Ainslee was born in [[Marceline, Missouri]]. Her first job out of school was as a newspaper reporter in [[Jefferson City, Missouri]], where she interviewed politicians. Discouraged by salaries she encountered in journalism, she moved to [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] to try screenwriting.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/514613128/?terms=%22albert+coonley%22|title=Interesting Guest Stars Career in News Office|last=|first=|date=March 9, 1930| via=[[Newspapers.com]] | url-access=registration | newspaper=The South Bend Tribune|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=January 25, 2019}}</ref> After getting her start as a script clerk,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/218814537/?terms=%22marion+ainslee%22|title=Scenario Writers Drawn from All Walks|last=|first=|date=August 25, 1926|website=The Courier-News|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=January 25, 2019}}</ref> Ainslee became one of [[MGM]]'s top title writers during the 1920s and early 1930s, linked closely to producer [[Irving Thalberg]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/373872315/?terms=%22marion+ainslee%22|title=Given New Assignment|last=|first=|date=August 1, 1937|website=The Baltimore Sun|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=January 25, 2019}}</ref> When Thalberg died, she briefly retired from screenwriting, anad in 1938, she signed with [[RKO]] and wrote ''[[Carefree (film)|Carefree]]''. According to one estimation, she titled up to 200 films in total.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/347786830/?terms=%22marion+ainslee%22|title=Briefs|last=|first=|date=December 18, 1927|website=Casper Star-Tribune|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=January 25, 2019}}</ref>


She was married to newspaper artist Albert Coonley. They appear to have been divorced by the time of his death in 1941.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/513927373/?terms=%22albert+coonley%22|title=Obituary|last=|first=|date=April 16, 1941|website=The South Bend Tribune|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=January 25, 2019}}</ref>
After getting her start as a script clerk,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/218814537/?terms=%22marion+ainslee%22|title=25 Aug 1926, Page 1 - The Courier-News at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-25}}</ref> Ainslee became one of MGM's top title writers during the 1920s and early 1930s, linked closely to Irving Thalburg.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/373872315/?terms=%22marion+ainslee%22|title=1 Aug 1937, 38 - The Baltimore Sun at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-25}}</ref> When Thalburg died, she briefly retired from screenwriting; in 1938, she signed with RKO and wrote ''[[Carefree (film)|Carefree]]''. According to one estimation, she titled as many as 200 films during her time in the business.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/347786830/?terms=%22marion+ainslee%22|title=18 Dec 1927, 8 - Casper Star-Tribune at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-25}}</ref> She was married to Albert Coonley, a newspaper artist; they appear to have been divorced by the time of his death in 1941.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/513927373/?terms=%22albert+coonley%22|title=16 Apr 1941, 25 - The South Bend Tribune at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-25}}</ref>


== Selected filmography ==
==Selected filmography==
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* ''[[Carefree (film)|Carefree]]'' (1938)
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* ''[[What Every Woman Knows (1934 film)|What Every Woman Knows]]'' (1934)
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* ''[[Queen Kelly]]'' (1932)
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* ''[[The Kiss (1929 film)|The Kiss]]'' (1929)
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* ''[[Our Modern Maidens]]'' (1929)
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* ''[[Hallelujah (film)|Hallelujah]]'' (1929)
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* ''[[The Single Standard]]'' (1929)
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* ''[[Wonder of Women|Wonder of Woman]]'' (1929)
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* ''[[The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929 film)|The Bridge of San Luis Rey]]'' (1929)
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* ''[[Desert Nights]]'' (1929)
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* ''[[Wild Orchids (film)|Wild Orchids]]'' (1929)
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* ''[[A Woman of Affairs]]'' (1928)
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* ''[[Dream of Love]]'' (1928)
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* ''[[The Masks of the Devil]]'' (1928)
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* ''[[Our Dancing Daughters]]'' (1928)
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* ''[[The Mysterious Lady]]'' (1928)
* ''[[A Certain Young Woman]]'' (1928)
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* ''[[Love (1927 American film)|Love]]'' (1927)
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* ''[[In Old Kentucky (1927 film)|In Old Kentucky]]'' (1927)
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* ''[[Quality Street (1927 film)|Quality Street]]'' (1927)
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* ''[[Foreign Devils (1927 film)|Foreign Devils]]'' (1927)
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* ''[[Annie Laurie (1927 film)|Annie Laurie]]'' (1927)
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* ''[[California (1927 film)|California]]'' (1927)
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* ''[[Lovers (1927 film)|Lovers?]]'' (1927)
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* ''[[Winners of the Wilderness]]'' (1927)
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* ''[[Flesh and the Devil]]'' (1926)
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* ''[[The Temptress]]'' (1926)
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* ''[[The Tower of Lies]]'' (1925)
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* ''[[The Merry Widow (1925 film)|The Merry Widow]]'' (1925)
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* ''[[Secrets of the Night]]'' (1924)
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* ''[[He Who Gets Slapped]]'' (1924)
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* ''[[A Lady of Quality (1924 film)|A Lady of Quality]]'' (1924)
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* ''[[Foolish Wives]]'' (1922)
* ''[[The Duke of Chimney Butte]]'' (1921)
* ''[[The Duke of Chimney Butte]]'' (1921)
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* ''[[Foolish Wives]]'' (1922)
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* ''[[A Lady of Quality (1924 film)|A Lady of Quality]]'' (1924)
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* ''[[He Who Gets Slapped (film)|He Who Gets Slapped]]'' (1924)
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* ''[[Secrets of the Night]]'' (1924)
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* ''[[The Merry Widow (1925 film)|The Merry Widow]]'' (1925)
* ''[[Graustark (1925 film)|Graustark]]'' (1925)
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* ''[[The Tower of Lies]]'' (1925)
* ''[[Bardelys the Magnificent]]'' (1926)
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* ''[[The Temptress (1926 film)|The Temptress]]'' (1926)
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* ''[[Flesh and the Devil]]'' (1926)
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* ''[[Winners of the Wilderness]]'' (1927)
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* ''[[Lovers (1927 film)|Lovers?]]'' (1927)
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* ''[[California (1927 film)|California]]'' (1927)
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* ''[[Annie Laurie (1927 film)|Annie Laurie]]'' (1927)
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* ''[[Foreign Devils (1927 film)|Foreign Devils]]'' (1927)
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* ''[[Quality Street (1927 film)|Quality Street]]'' (1927)
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* ''[[In Old Kentucky (1927 film)|In Old Kentucky]]'' (1927)
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* ''[[Love (1927 American film)|Love]]'' (1927)
⚫
* ''[[The Mysterious Lady]]'' (1928)
⚫
* ''[[Our Dancing Daughters]]'' (1928)
⚫
* ''[[The Masks of the Devil]]'' (1928)
⚫
* ''[[Dream of Love]]'' (1928)
⚫
* ''[[A Woman of Affairs]]'' (1928)
⚫
* ''[[Wild Orchids (film)|Wild Orchids]]'' (1929)
⚫
* ''[[Desert Nights]]'' (1929)
⚫
* ''[[The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929 film)|The Bridge of San Luis Rey]]'' (1929)
⚫
* ''[[Wonder of Women|Wonder of Woman]]'' (1929)
⚫
* ''[[The Single Standard]]'' (1929)
⚫
* ''[[Hallelujah (film)|Hallelujah]]'' (1929)
⚫
* ''[[Our Modern Maidens]]'' (1929)
⚫
* ''[[The Kiss (1929 film)|The Kiss]]'' (1929)
⚫
* ''[[Queen Kelly]]'' (1932)
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* ''[[What Every Woman Knows (1934 film)|What Every Woman Knows]]'' (1934)
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* ''[[Carefree (film)|Carefree]]'' (1938)
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== References ==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0014703}}

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[[Category:Screenwriters from Missouri]]
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Latest revision as of 19:34, 27 November 2024

Marian Ainslee
1926 seasons greetings
BornJanuary 5, 1896
Marceline, Missouri, USA
DiedApril 2, 1966 (aged 70)
Los Angeles, California, USA
SpouseAlbert Coonley

Marian Ainslee (1896 – 1966) was an American screenwriter and researcher[1] active during Hollywood's silent film era. She often co-wrote titles for silent films with Ruth Cummings.[2]

Biography

[edit]

Marian Ainslee was born in Marceline, Missouri. Her first job out of school was as a newspaper reporter in Jefferson City, Missouri, where she interviewed politicians. Discouraged by salaries she encountered in journalism, she moved to Hollywood to try screenwriting.[3] After getting her start as a script clerk,[4] Ainslee became one of MGM's top title writers during the 1920s and early 1930s, linked closely to producer Irving Thalberg.[5] When Thalberg died, she briefly retired from screenwriting, anad in 1938, she signed with RKO and wrote Carefree. According to one estimation, she titled up to 200 films in total.[6]

She was married to newspaper artist Albert Coonley. They appear to have been divorced by the time of his death in 1941.[7]

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ "Research Experts Solve Biggest Film Problems". Tampa Bay Times. June 1, 1924. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  2. ^ Reid, Panthea (December 10, 2009). Tillie Olsen: One Woman, Many Riddles. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-4813-5.
  3. ^ "Interesting Guest Stars Career in News Office". The South Bend Tribune. March 9, 1930. Retrieved January 25, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Scenario Writers Drawn from All Walks". The Courier-News. August 25, 1926. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  5. ^ "Given New Assignment". The Baltimore Sun. August 1, 1937. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  6. ^ "Briefs". Casper Star-Tribune. December 18, 1927. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  7. ^ "Obituary". The South Bend Tribune. April 16, 1941. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
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